[image: AL-Two-Black-Members-of-Congress-VRA-Milligan-2025.png] The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Jan. 7, 2025 The Voting Rights Act of 1965 Section 2 provides opportunity for communities of minority voters to elect the Congressional candidate of their choice by creating a majority minority voting district. In 2025, Alabama – for the first time in history – has two Black members of Congress. It wasn’t easy.
In greater Concord, NH hear ADM on www.WNHNFM.org/live <www.wnhnfm.org/live> just before 11 AM Eastern M-F, or ask your smart speaker to “Play the American Democracy Minute Podcast.”
🎧 90-Sec. Listen, 📖 Read, 🔗 Resources 📣 Groups in Action
www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/01/06/for-the-first-time-in-american-history-alabama-has-2-black-members-congress-thanks-to-the-protections-of-the-vra-it-wasnt-easy/
📻 Broadcast File: Pacifica Radio Network’s Audioport <audioport.org/index.php?op=series&series=American+Democracy+Minute&> and PRX <exchange.prx.org/series/42434-american-democracy-minute> Tags: Alabama, Alabama Legislature, Allen v. Milligan, black voting power, Congressional, Congressional District, Dilute, Gerrymandering, Majority Minority, Milligan, SCOTUS, U.S. Supreme Court, Voter Suppression, voting district, racial gerrymandering
In greater Concord, NH hear ADM on www.WNHNFM.org/live <www.wnhnfm.org/live> just before 11 AM Eastern M-F, or ask your smart speaker to “Play the American Democracy Minute Podcast.”
🎧 90-Sec. Listen, 📖 Read, 🔗 Resources 📣 Groups in Action
www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/01/06/for-the-first-time-in-american-history-alabama-has-2-black-members-congress-thanks-to-the-protections-of-the-vra-it-wasnt-easy/
📻 Broadcast File: Pacifica Radio Network’s Audioport <audioport.org/index.php?op=series&series=American+Democracy+Minute&> and PRX <exchange.prx.org/series/42434-american-democracy-minute> Tags: Alabama, Alabama Legislature, Allen v. Milligan, black voting power, Congressional, Congressional District, Dilute, Gerrymandering, Majority Minority, Milligan, SCOTUS, U.S. Supreme Court, Voter Suppression, voting district, racial gerrymandering
